Tag: Vera Institute of Justice

The City Council, led by Speaker Adrienne Adams, called on a federal judge not to strip the City Council of its powers over Rikers Island and the Department of Correction should the judge choose to put the jail complex into a receivership. Photo: Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit

City Council, in letter to judge, seeks to preserve its power over Rikers

February 13 | Jacob Kaye

Attorneys with the City Council said federal Judge Laura Swain should make...

Rikers Island complex

NYC Department of Corrections ceases death notifications to press

June 5 | Rob Abruzzese

The New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) has found itself at...

Stephen Levin speaks at a community board hearing on the proposed renovation of the Brooklyn Detention Complex. Eagle photo by Paul Frangipane.

Health care over jail time, says councilman

April 19 | Noah Goldberg

A new proposal from a Brooklyn councilmember would bring critical health services...

LISTEN: No heat, no power in Sunset Park jail shines light on culture of corruption

February 7 | Scott Enman, Paul Frangipane and Lawrence Madsen

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